Barre Phillips
End To End (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Barre Phillips was the first musician to record an album of solo double bass, back in 1968, and he has always been an absolute master of the solo idiom. In March 2017, Barre recorded what he says will be his last solo album, the final chapter of his... |
Barre Phillips, György Kurtág Jr
Face à Face [ ECM / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] The grandmaster of improvised bass and the electronics-playing son of Hungary's great contemporary composer share a deep commitment to making new music in the moment, informed by their different lives and experiences. With his subtle use of... |
Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan
Small Town [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Small Town presents guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan in a program of duets, the poetic chemistry of their playing captured live at New York's hallowed Village Vanguard. Frisell made his debut as a leader for ECM in 1983 with the... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: On An Overgrown Path Camerata Zurich, Igor Karsko, Maia Brami [ ECM New Series / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] 'On An Overgrown Path', Leos Janacek's 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and interpreted by the Camerata Zurich under lead violinist Igor Karsko's direction. This is the premiere... |
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
C.P.E. Bach: Württemberg Sonatas Wq 49 (LP) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Keith Jarrett (Piano) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 9/Feb/2024 ] Keith Jarrett's account of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Wurttemberg Sonatas is a revelation. |
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Andando El Tiempo [ ECM / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] Andando el Tiempo features new music of wide emotional compass by NEA Jazz Master Carla Bley, and underlines her originality and resourcefulness as a jazz composer. Saints Alive! sets up animated conversations between the three musical... |
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Life Goes On [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] A striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year. |
Charles Lloyd
The Call [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Recorded in July 1993, Charles Lloyd's 'Call' album is now re-issued on CD at a special price, in a stylish digi-pack cover - to coincide with ECM's 40th Anniversary. |
Chick Corea
Return to Forever [ ECM Records / CD - released 9/Sep/1999 ] Recorded in February 1972, this was initially a solo album by ex-Miles Davis keyboardist, Chick Corea which became the debut for the first incarnation of his legendary group Return to Forever, featuring bassist Stanley Clarke. |
Chick Corea
Return to Forever (180g LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 18/Oct/2010 ] The legendary first lineup of Chick Corea's fusion band Return to Forever debuted on this classic album (titled after the group but credited to Corea), featuring Joe Farrell on soprano sax and flute, the Brazilian team of vocalist Flora Purim and... |
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
Pasolini: Land der Arbeit Christian Reiner [ ECM New Series / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] The Italian poet, essayist and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was always an independent and unsparing chronicler of his time. In these texts, he tirelessly denounces social ills in his country; but his Catholic faith and the question of the art of... |
Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Julian Sartorius
Samares [ ECM / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] The signature-lyricism and melancholy of Colin Vallon's compositions as well as his trio's understated three-way interaction remain magically intact on Samares. Yet, much has evolved in the sound of the Swiss pianist's group since their last record... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / J. S. BACH
Beethoven / Mendelssohn / Bach: Prism IV Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] "..the DSQ make compelling storytellers." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Chamber |
Danish String Quartet
Keel Road [ ECM New Series / CD - released 30/Aug/2024 ] The Danish String Quartet's new album is a "retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and... |
Danish String Quartet
Keel Road (LP) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 30/Aug/2024 ] The Danish String Quartet's new album is a "retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and... |
BEETHOVEN / WEBERN / BACH
Prism V Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] The Danish String Quartet bring their highly acclaimed Prism project to its conclusion. In each volume of this series a particular Bach fugue is connected to a late Beethoven quartet which, in turn, is connected to a quartet by a later master: "A... |
Django Bates' Beloved
The Study of Touch [ ECM / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] British pianist Django Bates returns to ECM with one of his very finest constellations, the trio Belovèd, with Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and Danish drummer Peter Bruun, and an aptly named album, The Study of Touch. All three musicians are highly... |
Enrico Rava / Fred Hersch
The Song is You (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Their collaboration has been hailed as a summit meeting of two jazz masters. Enrico Rava, trumpeter from Trieste, and Fred Hersch, pianist from Cincinatti, share a deep affection for the tradition and a profound sense for melodic invention. In this... |
Enrico Rava / Fred Hersch
The Song is You [ ECM / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Their collaboration has been hailed as a summit meeting of two jazz masters. Enrico Rava, trumpeter from Trieste, and Fred Hersch, pianist from Cincinatti, share a deep affection for the tradition and a profound sense for melodic invention. In this... |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Tractus Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Tractus emphasizes Arvo Pärt compositions that blend the timbres of string orchestra and choir. New versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste's... |